“Out here in the country, towns drown, and dirt patches eat you, and people get turned into FUCKING SHRIMP” (this is the Funniest line/delivery in the show full stop)
[Image description: a drawing of Carpenter from episode four of The Silt Verses. She has long red hair and is wearing a green coat, brown pants, a black shirt, and a black hat with a large brim. She is kneeling on a roof and is calling down to someone out of frame. The roof is on fire and there is smoke billowing behind her. She is yelling, “Hey Charity! Tell me more about your god!” End image description].
We dress in the things we kill, in sallow bone and in bloodied rough fur. We accept the Beast That Stalks, with gratitude, into ourselves.
[Image description: a drawing of Mercer and Gage from The Silt Verses podcast. They are both riding horses through a fire. Gage is on the horse in the front and Mercer is on the one in the back. They both have medium-light skin, blond hair, and are wearing bloodied furs and bones. Gage has a dog skull on their head while Mercer has a goat skull. There are shotguns in holsters on the sides of both horses. Mercer and Gage appear unbothered by the fire. End image description.]
Season 2, Chapter 1 of The Silt Verses can now be found on all good podcasting platforms everywhere. We can’t wait for you to listen
Content warning: This episode contains references to war, gunfire, one extended scene of mass murder including presumed infanticide, bodily transformation.
We meet Mercer and Gage - a pair of god-hunters and mercenaries, in the employ of the Peninsulan Government. Meanwhile, a young prophet unexpectedly returns home to his people.
Featuring: Daphne Nitsuga, JV Hampton Van-Sant, Sarah Griffin, Jamie Stewart, B. Narr and Daisy Bilenkin.
